Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and ToxinWeapons and on Their Destruction - Deadly Cultures: Biological Weapons Since 1945 - page 375

APPENDIX
Convention on the Prohibition of
the Development, Production and
Stockpiling of Bacteriological
(Biological) and Toxin Weapons
and on Their Destruction
Signed at London, Moscow, and Washington on 10 April 1972. Entered into force on 26
March 1975. Depositaries: UK, US, and Soviet (since 1991 Russian Federation) govern-
ments.
The States Parties to this Convention,
Determined to act with a view to achieving effective progress towards general
and complete disarmament, including the prohibition and elimination of all
types of weapons of mass destruction, and convinced that the prohibition of
the development, production and stockpiling of chemical and bacteriological
(biological) weapons and their elimination, through effective measures, will
facilitate the achievement of general and complete disarmament under strict
and effective international control,
Recognizing the important significance of the Protocol for the Prohibition of
the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacterio-
logical Methods of Warfare, signed at Geneva on June 17, 1925, and con-
scious also of the contribution which the said Protocol has already made, and
continues to make, to mitigating the horrors of war,
Reaffirming their adherence to the principles and objectives of that Protocol
and calling upon all States to comply strictly with them,
Recalling that the General Assembly of the United Nations has repeatedly con-
demned all actions contrary to the principles and objectives of the Geneva
Protocol of June 17, 1925,
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